James J. Herdegen, MD


Medical Director,
Sleep Science Center

 


Campus Address
915 CSB
840 South Wood Street (MC 719)
Chicago, Illinois 60612-7323
jherdege@uic.edu

Clinical & Research Interests
Sleep Disorders
Sleep Apnea
Metabolic Dysfunction of Sleep Disorders

Clinical Services

Sleep Disorders Clinic
Highly specialized bronchoscopy services, including fiberoptic bronchoscopy
Pulmonary function testing
Bronchoprovocational testing
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Sweat chloride testing
Airflight simulation
Pulmonary education and rehabilitation to diagnose and treat patients

Special Interests

Lung cancer; asthma and sleep disorders; lung fibrosis; critical care medicine;
interventional bronchoscopy

Clinic Schedule
Wednesday 8 AM-12 noon
Thursday 8 AM-12 noon

Contact Info for Appointments
Call 312-996-1682 - scheduling.

Professional Background

1989-90
Attending Physician and Medical Supervisor, Medical Residency Unit of the Cook County Jail
1993-2004
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
1998-2002
Medical Director, Sleep Disorder Service Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
1998-2004
Co-Director, Sleep Medicine Training Program Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
1998-2004
Assistant Director, Department of Respiratory Therapy, Rush University Medical Center
1998-Present
Reviewer: Critical Care Medicine
1998-Present
Voluntary Attending, Cook County Hospital
1999-2004
Director, Sleep Disorder Service Cook County Hospital
2001-Present
Reviewer: Chest
2002-Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
College of Engineering Bioengineering
2004-
Medical Director, Center for Sleep and Ventilatory Disorders, University of Illinois
Medical Center

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana)

 

B.S.

 

1978-1982

 

Biochemistry

 

University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana)

 

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

 

M.D.

 

1982-1986

 

Medicine

 

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

 

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, Iowa

 

Internship

 

1986-

 

Internal Medicine

 

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, Iowa

 

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, Iowa

 

Residency

 

1987-89

 

Internal Medicine

 

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, Iowa

 

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Fellowship

 

1990-93

 

Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

 

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Fellowship

1995-96

Sleep Medicine

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois


Clinical Research
Dr. Herdegen directly supervises the outpatient sleep clinics at the University of Illinois which provides care for more than 1500 patients/year with the sleep laboratory performing 1000 sleep studies/year.  In addition, Dr. Herdegen has participated in a number of clinical research trials involving treatment of insomnia, narcolepsy, and sleep-disordered breathing including residual sleepiness after effective treatment of sleep-disordered breathing.  His current research activities include study of the metabolic consequences associated with sleep-disordered breathing and the effects of bariatric surgery on sleep-disordered breathing. 

Representative Publications
Herdegen JJ, Bone RCB. Immunomodulation in Sepsis: Lessons Learned. In: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Bone RC, Dantzker D, George R, Matthay R, Reynolds H, eds. Mosby-Year Book. Chicago 1996

Herdegen
JJ. Sleep disorders associated with cardiac disorders In: Neurobase Arbor Publishing, San Diego 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003

Herdegen JJ. Central alveolar hypoventilation In: Neurobase Arbor Publishing, San Diego 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Herdegen
JJ. Intensive care unit sleep disruption: Can the cycle be restored? Critical Care Medicine 2002;30:709-710.

Herdegen JJ Treating syndrome X in minority populations: Begin with the treatment of obesity and hypertension Ethnicity and Disease 2002;12:429-432.

Babu
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, Herdegen J, Fogelfeld L, Shott S, Mazzone T. Type 2 diabetes, glycemic control, and continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea. Arch Int Med. 2005;165:447-452.

Herdegen JJ. Chronic Disease and Sleep Architecture: Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations In: Sleep and Sleep Disorders: A Neuropharmacological Approach. Lader M, Cardinali DP, Pandi-Perumal SR, eds. Landes Bioscience Georgetown, TX 2004

Herdegen JJ. Sleep Pharmacology Sleep Medicine Secrets  Stevens, DR ed.Hanley & Belfus, Inc. Philadelphia, PA 2004

Mokhlesi
B, Hassaballa HA, Tulaimat A, Herdegen JJ. The effect of continuous positive airway pressure on glucose control in diabetic patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep and Breathing In Press.

Mokhlesi B, Tulaimat A, Evans AT, Wang Y, Hassaballa HA, Itani A-A, Herdegen JJ, Stapanski EJ. Impact of adherence with positive airway pressure therapy on hypercapnia in obstructive sleep apnea. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine In Press.

   

   



Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
840 South Wood Street (Room 920-N CSB) | Chicago, IL 60612-7323
fax (312)996-4665 | phone (312) 996-8039 |
pulmonary@uic.edu